Northwest Lanzhou.

Compared with Xi'an, although Lanzhou is an important town in the northwest, its conditions are far worse, not to mention compared with Beijing City back then.

The entire Lanzhou, even the government is dilapidated, and the ordinary buildings are even worse. As for the population, the population of Gansu was originally less than 400,000, and most of them were distributed in Longzhong and southeastern Long. Since the Qing Dynasty moved the capital of Gansu from Ningxia to Lanzhou during the Shunzhi Dynasty, the population of Lanzhou has gradually increased.

But until now, the population of Lanzhou is only more than 30,000. Since the Qing court continued to move westward to Lanzhou, the city was instantly stuffed into hundreds of thousands of people. These people include the Qing court center in the entire Xi'an, the officials in the court and their families, and the ordinary people who followed it. In addition to the Eight Banners and the New Army, the small Lanzhou city was immediately under great pressure.

Just imagine, a city that originally accommodated up to 50,000 people suddenly increased its population several times. What kind of situation will this bring?

Even if Prince Yong prepared in advance, so many people flocked to Lanzhou has caused great pressure. Not to mention anything else, just put the most basic food, clothing, housing and transportation. It is fine to wear clothes and travel. Lanzhou, which is located in remote areas, must not be as prosperous as the Central Plains, but people always have to eat and live. It is astronomical for so many people to eat horses and chew every day, and many people don’t even have a place to live. The wind and sand in the northwest are strong, and those who can only rest in the camp for a while, and several households crowded in the same tent are everywhere, which makes many people who come to Lanzhou complain.

In Lanzhou City, the place where Prince Yong lives is nominally called a palace, but in fact it is just a courtyard that looks a bit like a little.

In the yard behind, Jianxing and his queen, concubine, princess, princesses, and princesses. The emperor of the Qing Dynasty, the Emperor Jianxing and his wife and children were crowded in a small house. He didn't say it on weekdays. Even if he went out and walked around the door a few times, he needed the consent of the guards to have a short chance of "letting go". This treatment was even worse than the so-called ban.

As for the courtyard in front, Prince Yong lives in it. This place is not only his residence, but also his place to handle official duties. It can be said that the so-called palace is now the center of the Qing Dynasty.

Prince Yong sat cross-legged on the kang. The kang table next to it was filled with memorials and some documents. The room was not big, only about a dozen square meters, and there were not many people entering at all. So the eunuchs and others were driven out to guard outside. Zhang Tingyu, Ma Qi, Yin Tai, Tian Wenjing and Dai Duo stood on one side.

Zhang Tingyu, Ma Qi and Yin Tai will not say that Longkodo is not in Lanzhou and is leading troops further west to stabilize the place. Tian Wenjing and Dai Duo were specially promoted by Prince Yong before going to Lanzhou. New ministers who entered the study room can be regarded as Prince Yong's bag-climbing figures.

Tian Wenjing was born in the Zhenglan Banner of the Han Army and was a student. He served as a county magistrate, county magistrate, and prefecture in the local area. Because of his diligent work, he worked in the local area for 23 years before he was transferred to the Ministry of Personnel.

After entering Beijing, Tian Wenjing had no diploma (just a supervisor) and no background. It was difficult for him to make a career as a Beijing official in Beijing. Fortunately, when Kangxi rectified the Ministry of Revenue, Tian Wenjing was transferred to the fourth prince at that time to assist. Because of his outstanding ability and serious work, he was attracted by the fourth prince at that time. He then promoted him more and more. In this way, Tian Wenjing became the fourth prince's person.

Later, the fourth prince was named Prince Yong. As his disciple, Tian Wenjingshui rose to a high position. He was first promoted to the doctor of the Ministry of Justice, and then promoted to the Censor. Under the operation of Prince Yong, he also changed from the Zhenglan Banner of the Han Army to the Zhenghuang Banner, and directly became a slave of Prince Yong.

After Jianxing moved the capital to Xi'an, Tian Wenjing became a transparent person in the court. At that time, Prince Yong barely protected himself and naturally could not take care of him. However, Tian Wenjing was a bit of an ancient style and was always loyal to Prince Yong. It was not until Prince Yong suddenly launched a coup and imprisoned Jianxing to take charge of the government affairs that Tian Wenjing finally ushered in his spring.

Not to mention Dai Duo, Dai Duo is even worse than Tian Wenjing's background. After all, Tian Wenjing is not a Jinshi and is still a prison student. However, Dai Duo can only be regarded as a scholar, and some of them are just the fame of scholars.

But in terms of relationship with Prince Yong, Dai Duo is much stronger than Tian Wendi. As early as when Prince Yong was still the prince, Dai Duo was already his person, but his role is more like a master or a counselor, secretly helping Prince Yong with advice.

When Jianxing came to power, he saw that the position of emperor had fallen into Jianxing's hands, Dai Duo decisively judged the situation and urged Prince Yong to keep a low profile to protect himself. It was precisely because of Dai Duo's advice that Prince Yong escaped the situation and gave Jianxing a false appearance of being a prince of peace, so he secretly prepared and suddenly took action at the most appropriate time and turned the tables in one fell swoop.

It can be said that Prince Yong is inseparable from Dai Duo today. After taking over the power, Prince Yong naturally had to use Dai Duo.

It is precisely because while promoting Tian Wenjing, Prince Yong also put Dai Duo in the study room as his close minister.

"How is the food?" Prince Yong asked.

"By the prince, there is no shortage of food and grass for the time being. Although it is not as good as in Guanzhong, it is enough, just..." Tian Wenjing replied, but hesitated halfway.

Seeing Prince Yong's eyes swept towards him, Tian Wenjing said again: "The northwest is far less than the Central Plains. Although the court is not short of food at present, hundreds of thousands of people have poured into the northwest, and the local pressure is extremely high. Judging from the food stored by the court, at most it will barely support until early next winter. If there is no new grain supplement, the consequences will be unimaginable. Therefore, I suggest that farming in the northwest as soon as possible and farming to make up for the shortage."

"Well, this statement is reasonable." Prince Yong nodded. Tian Wenjing was right. In fact, Prince Yong knew about the situation in the northwest. Although Gansu is vast and sparsely populated, if it is based on the local and population ratio, not to mention hundreds of thousands of people, even if there are more than one million people, it would be fine.

However, as Tian Wenjing said, the northwest is not as good as the Central Plains. The northwest is not a grain-producing area, so many people flocking to eat is a big problem. Although the imperial court had prepared a lot of food before, eating is not a solution, and this problem must be solved as soon as possible.

"I have asked Longkodo to start the process of military farming. I guess news will come soon. However, whether it is military or civilian farming, you will always have to come out with a specific charter. You are all important ministers of the Qing Dynasty and even capable ministers. I wonder what to teach me?" Prince Yong said this, then looked at everyone. Seeing that everyone was hesitant, he laughed and said, "It's okay if you have anything to say. Today's discussion is free, and it doesn't matter if you say something wrong. As long as you can find a way out for the Qing people and the people of the world, I will not be angry. I will be too happy."

Prince Yong's words immediately made everyone laugh at the same time. Everyone nodded with a smile, and the atmosphere also eased a lot.
Chapter completed!